Edible, medicinal, and native plants for the Pacific Northwest

We spent 13 years building an abundant fruit forest, annual veggie beds, perennial medicinal herbs, and a healthy mixed hardwood-coniferous forest and now we've sold our property to the next stewards so that we can begin a new homesteading project closer to our best friends and their kids.

Don't worry - we plan to keep this website up and running so that our customers can reference what we've written about our plants!

Morus x 'Illinois Everbearing'

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Because the fruits on 'Illinois Everbearing' ripen over a period of a few months, not all at once, its is nice to have a shorter plants for harvesting them often. The fruit is dark purple and has a wonderful berry-like flavor, also loved by birds. 'Illinois Everbearing' is a great choice for our cooler summers, and it is very hardy through colder winters. The young leaves are also delicious steamed or in stir-fries. It grows to be 10 or more feet tall, but can be pruned vigorously to remain short and shrub-like for ease of harvest.

Mulberries are a wonderful tree for any food garden. They tend to be taller than wide but can be shaped to your liking. 'Illinois Everbearing' is a great choice for our cooler summers, and it is very hardy through colder winters.

We spent 13 years building an abundant fruit forest, annual veggie beds, perennial medicinal herbs, and a healthy mixed hardwood-coniferous forest and now we've sold our property to the next stewards so that we can begin a new homesteading project closer to our best friends and their kids.

Don't worry - we plan to keep this website up and running so that our customers can reference what we've written about our plants!